# User feel-test observations — O-slice tree (2026-08-02 ~20:10, uncommitted)

Axioms; they override the gate numbers. Log: launch-feeltest-oclone.log.

1. MONSTERS STILL POP IN while running past — the O-slice did NOT fix the
   user-visible symptom despite the soak's publication convergence.
2. MONSTERS SPAWNED MID-AIR far ahead at a newly-entered area.
3. STATICS ("stabs") PLACED INCORRECTLY — visibly wrong static placement.
4. User: "This is not how retail worked. I could see monsters way in
   front of me."
5. DOOR APPROACH REGRESSED: using a door no longer walks the character
   to it first. NOTE: likely a COMMITTED C3c regression, not O-slice —
   prime suspect is PlayerModeController's conditional MoveTo bind
   (`if (controller.MoveTo is { } moveTo)` — the flip only binds
   approach callbacks IF the Runtime-owned MoveToManager already exists;
   the legacy path CREATED it via factory at attach). If Runtime's
   MakeMoveToManager runs after player-mode attach (or never for this
   flow), MoveToComplete/approach never wires. Triage first in the C3c
   fix slice; check whether the 175401 gate probe ever exercised a
   door/use-approach (suspect: no coverage).

SMOKING GUN (log): 243x "streaming: origin-recenter preparation will
resume: System.InvalidOperationException: Landblock <id> already has a
full retirement receipt." — continuous catch-retry loop during origin
recenter. Both reviewers redirected with this; the implementer's
"exposed pre-existing" retirement classification is under re-judgment.
The catch-and-resume wrapper is itself suspect as a pre-existing
symptom-swallower (no-silent-catch rule).

STATUS: O-slice commit ON HOLD until every observation is explained.